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Its Summer Attractions 



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ISSUED BY THE 

BANGOR BOARD OF TRADE 



1906 



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Compiled by 

E. M. Blanding, Secretary 

BANGOR BOARD OF TRADE 



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'NOV 1 1906 
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Bangor, Maine. 



JACOB BUSWELL, Bangor's pioneer settler, came in 1769 to the 
junction of the Penobscot and Kenduskeag Rivers and brought 
with him his wife and nine children. On a commanding site 
near where is now the St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Buswell 
reared a rude log house and established the first home in the limits 
of the present Bangor with white occupants. 

For many years 

Camping Grounds of the Tarratines. P rior to this the 

neighborhood had 

been the camping grounds of the Tarratines, a numerous and 
powerful tribe of Indians, and this was with them a favorite abid- 
ing place. 

The pioneer Buswell was not, however, the first white man to 
visit or note the advantages of settlement at the confluence of the 
Kenduskeag and the Penobscot Rivers. As early as 1605 the French 
had visited this locality, and in 1613 the Jesuits had contemplated 
planting a mission here, but finally determined on Mount Desert. 
About 1670 Baron De Castine of Canada came into the region, 
gained great influence with the Tarratine Indians by means of 
marriage with the daughter of Chief Modockawando and estab- 
lished a trading place where now stands the historic town of Cas- 
tine. As a consequence for almost a century before the first 
settlement on Bangor's present site, the Penobscot River was a 
highway of communication between Canada and the French trad- 
ing posts established in the Penobscot region. And it was not till 
the fall of Quebec and the final crushing of French power in 
America in 1759 that this region became inviting to settlers from 
England or colonies to the southward. 

Kadesquit was the first name by which Jacob Buswell knew the 
place of his settlement. Later it became Condeskeag and then 
Kenduskeag. More families came with each succeeding year, and 
when the Revolutionary War broke over the American colonies, 
Kenduskeag Plantation contained perhaps about 75 souls, and on 
both banks of the Penobscot between Stillwater and Bald Hill Cove, in 
1776, there were seventy-eight heads of families. The Revolution- 
ary War entailed much hardship on the people of Kenduskeag 
Plantation. The British had control of the Penobscot River and 
commanded the subjection of all the inhabitants on the banks. 



4 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

But the people of the little settlement were heart and soul for the 
cause of independence. A military band of twenty white men and 
ten Indians was organized in 1776. Headquarters were established 




Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 5 

at a rough barrack built near the present Mount Hope Cemetery. 
These men helped to drive Sir John Collier from Machias and it 
was through their efforts that the powerful Penobscot Indians were 
held loyal friends to the American cause throughout the war. The 
mouth of the Kenduskeag stream in the Penobscot was the final 
scene in August, 1779, of the ill starred expedition of Commodore 
Richard Saltonstall and General Solomon Lovell, sent out of Massa- 
chusetts against the British who had established themselves at 
Castine. A British fleet under Sir George Collier made its appear- 
ance in Penobscot Bay and so frightened the American fleet and 
forces that they fled before the British fleet up the Penobscot, and 
at the mouth of the Kenduskeag the Americans blew up or burned 
their nine ships of one hundred and fifty-four guns and three 
transports, and made their retreat through the pathless forest 
westward. One of the cannon of these ships was raised from the 
river's bottom in 1876, and is now to be seen in front of the Bangor 
Post Office and Custom House. 

With the advent of peace between England and the United 
States came a revival of the settlement of Kenduskeag. Many who 
had left the region because of the British persecution returned. 
But this revival and growth was slow, and the records of it are 
very meagre. In 1786 the general government sent General Lin- 
coln, General Putnam and Dr. Thomas Rice to Condeskeag to pur- 
chase the title of Indians to the lands on the Penobscot River. 

About this time there came to Condeskeag one who should 
receive mention, because to him the city of Bangor owes its name. 
This man was Rev. Seth Noble, a native of Westfield, Mass. He 
was a patriot and a chaplain in the Maine forces during the Revo- 
lutionary War, and was the first installed pastor in Condeskeag, 
although he had no meeting-house in which to preach. He was a 
good speaker, but far from ministerial in his habits and talk. He 
first taught the people of Condeskeag to call their settlement Sun- 
bury. In 1791 the population of Sunbury numbered one hundred 
and fifty people and the plantation organization seemed to its 
people to be primitive and outgrown. Accordingly it was decided 
to ask the General Court of Massachusetts for an act of town incor- 
poration and Parson Noble was delegated to visit Boston and secure 
the same. Supposedly the town was to be incorporated as Sunbury, 
but at Boston Mr. Noble who was a great lover of music, asked that 
the town be incorporated Bangor, the name of a favorite hymn, 
and the General Court so incorporated it, February 25, 1791. 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 7 

Bangor entered upon the nineteenth 
Bangor's Early Days. centui T thirty-one years after its 
settlement, with a population of 277. 
Its growth thus far had been slow. Not till 1801 had a single 
settler a legal title to his land. In that year the General Court of 
Massachusetts passed a resolve giving deeds of lands to settlers on 
most liberal terms, also providing for a committee to survey lots 
and establish their bounds. The result of this act and a legislative 
provision giving farms for the asking to bona fide settlers had the 
effect of setting immigration from the more thickly settled part of 
Massachusetts toward the Penobscot region. The admirable situa- 
tion of Bangor at the head of navigation on the Penobscot and its 
central location in what was obviously to be a thriving community, 
further conduced to increasing the population at the opening of 
the new century. During the War of 1812 Bangor had sorry expe- 
rience at the hands of the British, as it had in the War of the 
Revolution. In 1820 Maine became a state and Bangor seemed to 
receive a new impulse to growth from its share in statehood. 
Agriculture prospered, the lumber interests increased and ship- 
building flourished. A bank had been established and thrived ; 
the town possessed a court-house and jail ; several churches were 
erected and the Theological Seminary had been established. 

In the early thirties 
Incorporated as a City ill 1834. Bangor made rapid 

growth, land valuations 
materially advancing and the era being one of great speculation. 
From 1830 to 1834 the population increased from 2,808 to 8,000. 
It was in the latter year that Bangor became incorporated as a city, 
Hon. Allen Oilman being the first mayor. The first bridge built 
across the Penobscot connecting Bangor and Brewer was con- 
structed in 1832 by the Bangor Bridge Company at a cost of $40,000. 
This bridge was swept away by the great freshet in 1846 and was 
replaced in 1847 by a new truss bridge at a cost of $31,000. Sev- 
eral years ago the central span was swept away and this was 
replaced by steel. In 1854 the Post Office and Custom House build- 
ing, constructed of granite, was completed, and the next year 
famous old Norombega Hall was built. The ten years preceding 
the Civil War were not years of marked prosperity in Bangor. 
Political excitement and uncertainty resulted in business depres- 
sion. The sympathy of the Bangor people was heartily and 
strongly with the cause of anti-slavery. The presidential contest 



8 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

of 1860, when Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, the city's foremost man, was 
a candidate for vice-president on the Republican ticket with Lin- 
coln, saw most loyal enthusiasm in Bangor. 

At the close of 

Notable Advancement in Recent Years. the war the valu " 

ation of the city 

of Bangor was $7,076,000, and the business for a time was excep- 
tionally good and remained so until 1873, when the financial panic 
of that year had its depressing effect. The European and North 
American Railway was opened to Vanceboro in 1871, giving Bangor 
a much wider zone of trade. In 1872 there were 246,453,000 feet 
of lumber surveyed in Bangor, this being the highest figure ever 
reached. In 1869 the city celebrated its centennial with elaborate 
exercises, on which occasion the late Hon. John A. Peters delivered 
one of his most eloquent speeches. In 1875 the water works sys- 
tem of the city was begun and the undertaking completed two 
years later at a cost of $500,000, although in later years extensive 
additions have been made thereon. In 1893 the Bangor & Aroos- 
took Railroad was built into Aroostook County and in 1898 the 
Washington County Railway was extended into and through Wash- 
ington County. 

In the past decade and a half Bangor has made a notable advance- 
ment and especially noticeable have been the improvements in the 
past few years. The city has gained largely in population ; hand- 
some blocks have been reared in the business section ; industries 
have multiplied in number and importance ; mercantile establish- 
ments both wholesale and retail have increased and extended, and 
the homes of our citizens have been very materially improved. 

The influence of a com- 

Bangor and Her Namesakes. munit y is at times far reach " 

ing and the fair and busy 

city at the head of navigation on the Penobscot has numerous 

namesakes. Investigations carried on by the Secretary of the 

Bangor Board of Trade show that there are at least nine Bangors 

in different parts of North America all named for our home city. 

It is interesting to note that these are widely scattered, two being 

in the South, four in the Middle West, two on the Pacific Slope and 

one beneath a foreign flag. They are located as follows : in Wake 

County, North Carolina; Morgan County, Kentucky; Van Buren 

County, Michigan ; Marshall County, Iowa ; Coffey County, Kansas; 

Walworth County, South Dakota ; Butte County, California ; Kitsap 

County, Washington ; and Prince Edward Island, Canada. 



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Bangor's Admirable Location. 

BANGOR is fortunate in its location being at the head of navi- 
gation on Maine's largest river, rnd with railroads radiating to 
all parts of the state. It is the metropolis of Easttrn Maine and 
the natural gateway to the expansive territory of the North-east. 

Bangor is a flourishing city of 25,000 people and the towns imme- 
diately environing, including the city of Brewer across the river, 
swell the population to 40,000. As the shire town of a county 
embracing upwards of 76,000 inhabitants ; as the tiade centre and 
shipping point for a large and rich agricultural section and for many 
thriving induLtrial communities; as a point of convergence for 
numerous important railway and steamship lines, and a consequent 



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tarrying place for great numbers of tourists, sportsmen and com- 
mercial travelers ; these together with the busy commerce of its 
port and the metropolitan character of its hotels and the compact- 
ness of its business section, give to the city a much more populous 
appearance than the above figures would indicate. 

Bangor has a fine harbor, easily accessible for vessels of large 
size ; and along the docks, crafts of varying rig are loaded with 
lumber, ice and the diversified products of this region. Although 
thirty miles from the bay and sixty miles from the ocean, the tide 
rises about seventeen feet, and there is a sufficient depth of water 
to float the largest of ocean steamships. 




COLUMBIA BLOCK. 



Up-to-Dateand Progressive City. 

BANGOR ranks among the most progressive and up-to-date cities 
of its class and is widely known for the enterprise of its busi- 
ness men and the public spirit and hospitality of its citizens. 

Bangor's city hall — the Hersey Memorial Building — is an impos- 
ing edifice, which reflects credit upon the city. The corner stone 
was laid July 4, 1893, and the dedication took place just a year 
from that date. On the front of the building is a bronze bust of 
the late General Samuel F. Hersey, donated by his sons. The Gen- 
eral was long a prominent and wealthy business man of Bangor, 
and represented this district for two terms in Congress. He died 
in 1875 and left numerous bequests, and among them one to the 
city, which when paid over by the executors some years later, 
aggregated $100,000, this sum being subsequently appropriated by 
the city as an endowment for the Public Library. Later the Her- 
sey fund was utilized to construct a Hersey Memorial Building, this 
being designed to meet all the requirements of a City Hall ; and 
the city pays interest to the Public Library. 

The city is divided into seven 
Bangor as a Municipality, wards, with one alderman and 
three councilmen to each ward, 
the principal officers consisting of Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer and 
Collector, Street Commissioner, City Physician, Solicitor, Engineer, 
Chief of Police, Harbor Master, Superintendent of Schools, School 
Agent, Superintendent of Sewers, Chief Engineer of Fire Depart- 
ment, City Electrician and Superintendent of Wires, Board of 
Assessors, Inspector of Buildings, Board of Water Commissioners, 
Board of Cemetery Commissioners, Overseers of the Poor, Board of 
Health, Sewer Board and Park Commissioners. 

The property valuation of Bangor according to the Assessors' 
figures is $18,488,213 as against $15,817,118 in 1900. The number 
of polls is 6,692 against 6,061 in 1900. These figures are indicative 
of the marked advancement in population and property valuation 
in the past few years, while it is furthermore to be considered that 
many of Bangor's largest manufacturing establishments, including 
all the large saw mills with a single exception, are located outside 
the city limits. Furthermore a very large proportion of Bangor's 
wealth consists of forest lands in remote sections of the state, and 
important industrial enterprises taxed elsewhere. 



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During the past year the City Treasurer and Collector received 
from all sources $751,664.33. The city holds trust funds to the 
amount of $208,909.15 as follows : Hersey Fund, $100,000 ; Chil- 
dren's Home, $40,000; Home for Aged Women, $25,000; Mechanics 
Association, $12,000 ; Wakefield Fund for Indigent Women, $10,000 ; 




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George Stetson Fu id for City Missionary, $12,000; H. H. Fogg 
Fund for City Missionary, $1,000 ; Bangor Fuel Society, $4,500 ; 
Holton Medal Fund, $2,000; Firemen's Relief Fund, $2,409.15. 
The city's credit is of the best and her outstanding 3^ and 4% 
bonds bring a high premium in the market. Bangor has no float- 



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ing debt and her bonded debt is as follows : Municipal Bonds due 
in 1912, $50,000, and in 1914, $100,000 ; Water Bonds due in 1910, 




HON. WILLIAM B. PLIRCK, MAYOR 



$40,000, and in 1935, $500,000. During the past year the $500,000 
water bonds were refunded with interest reduced from six per cent 
to four per cent and making a yearly saving of $10,000. 



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The city has in excess of 200 miles of streets opened and sur- 
veyed, and is constantly keeping pace with the demand for new- 
ones occasioned by the development of building tracts in the 




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suburban districts. The paving of the leading business thorough- 
fares with granite blocks has been actively in progress for more 
than a decade of years and the business section is now substantially 



18 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

paved. A considerable portion of Main Street has been macadamized 
and additional street improvements are in contemplation. From 
the Bangor House to the Eastern Maine Fair Grounds Main Street 
has been converted into a superb boulevard. There are in excess 
of thirty-seven miles of sewers constructed, and in the last few 
years extensive improvements in this direction have been inaug- 
urated while still further extensions are constantly being made. 
The natural drainage of the city is excellent, as the resident por- 
tions are situated on high ground sloping to the banks of the 
Penobscot and Kenduskeag. 



PALM STREET GRAMMAR SCHOOL 

There is a salaried fire department of 95 men exclusive of the 
chief and three assistants. The equipment for extinguishing fires 
includes four steamers, six hose carriages and two hook and ladder 
trucks. There are two hundred and forty-one hydrants, and 
twenty-two reservoirs. All the various steam mills have powerful 
appliances of their own for putting out incipient fires. The city 
is provided with the Gamewell System of fire alarm telegraph and 
the various hose and steamer houses are connected by telephone. 
There are 62 alarm boxes and 55 miles of wire. The efficiency of 
the department is shown by the remarkable freedom of the city 
from destructive conflagrations. 

Bangor's Municipal Electric Lighting Plant is an admirable one 



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and the city is universally conceded to be one of the best lighted 
in the country. The Power station is at the Bangor Waterworks 
Dam and there is a commodious sub-station erected in 1902 on 
York Street. There are 372 city lights, 328 of these being arc and 
44 incandescent. There are 75 miles of wire for the arc lights 
and 30 for the incandescent. In addition to the illumination of 
the streets, electric lighting is supplied to all the municipal build- 



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ings, including City Hall, the school houses, the Alms House, the 
ward rooms, the city stable and the fire stables, 1,400 incandescent 
lights being employed for these purposes. Included in Bangor's 
electrical department is the Gamewell Fire Alarm telegraph ser- 
vice, there being 62 fire alarm boxes, 44 miles of overhead wire 
and 11 miles of underground wire, making a total of 55 miles of 



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wire. In addition to the above Bangor is one of the few cities in 
the country with the tapper service, each member of the fire 
department having at his home a tapper which sounds every fire 
alarm indicating at the same time the box from which the alarm 
is given. In order to reach the homes of the ninety odd firemen 
with this tapper system 16 miles of overhead wire have been 
stretched. 

The Bangor Public Library is one of 

The Public Library. the forernost institutions of its kind 

and contains on its shelves 60,590 

volumes. The nucleus of this valuable collection of books was 




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conveyed to the city in trust by the Mechanics Association by 
whom it was collected during an existence covering nearly sixty 
years. The Hersey Fund having been devoted by the city for the 
purpose of the library, the institution now has an endowment 
of $116,000 for its maintenance. During the past year the number 
of books delivered for home use was 98,883, and for use in the 
reading room 15,109, making a total aggregate of 113,992 books 
issued in the year. Additions are being made continually by 
purchase and donation, and this is the home as well of the 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 21 

Bangor Historical Society. The collections of this society are 
kept in the library rooms and everything of historical interest, 
especially if related to local matters, is added to the collection. 
The Bangor Public Library according to an official bulletin recently 
issued by the United States Census Bureau ranks third among 
cities of its class, there being only two cities in the United States 
with a population similar to Bangor and having a larger number 
of volumes in their Public Libraries. The Bangor Public Library 
it is expected will soon be housed in a splendid home of its own, 
and one worthy of so important an institution. An eligible site in 
the vicinity of City Hall and the Court House has been acquired 



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by condemnation proceedings and at this location a superb library 
building will be erected in the near future, the building fund 
already aggregating $132,000. 

In the very centre of the city with the 
Public Buildings, waters of the Kenduskeag River on both 
sides is located the Custom House and 
Post Office Building. The edifice is of granite and very substan- 
tially built. The ground floor is used for the Post Office. Within 
a few years there has been erected in the rear a large addition 
which is also used for the accommodation of Bangor's rapidly 
increasing postal service. On the second floor are the commodious 




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quarters of the Custom House and other parts of the building are 
used as a U. S. Court Room and as offices for various Government 
officials. In the spacious approach to this building is to be seen 
a large bronze cannon captured by the Americans during their 
invasion of Cuba at the time of the Spanish-American War and 
donated to Bangor through the efforts of the late Congressman 
Boutelle. In the vicinity is also a mounted cannon recovered from 
the bed of the Penobscot River where it was left by one of the 
vessels of the American fleet that was blown up at the mouth of 
the Kenduskeag at the time of the British invasion in August, 1779. 

On an eligible site on Hammond Street is the spacious new 
Penobscot County Court House erected a few years since. This is 
a handsome structure of brick and stone and is one of the best 
court houses in Maine. In the immediate vicinity of the court 
house is the county jail, an edifice of handsome design and with a 
spacious workshop adjoining. 

The Bangor Opera House is unsurpassed for its beauty and 
appointments by any outside the largest cities. It is well patron- 
ized by the Bangorians, who have long been noted for their appre- 
ciation and support of the opera and drama. The various public 
halls are also much resorted to for concerts, lectures, balls, fairs, 
and other entertainments which, together with numerous small 
festive gatherings and private parties, make the social life of the 
city attractive alike to the residents and guests from abroad. The 
Auditorium erected a few years since is the largest building of its 
kind in the state, and here each fall is held the Eastern Maine 
Music Festival, under the direction of W. R. Chapman, of New York. 

The Eastern Maine State Fair Association have fitted up at large 
expense one of the finest and best appointed fair grounds and 
driving parks in New England. Maplewood Park is only a mile 
from the business center and on an eminence overlooking the city 
and harbor and commanding a magnificent view of the surround- 
ing country. Here every season in the late summer or early fall 
is held a great fair where are brought together for exhibition and 
study the agricultural and industrial products of the richest sec- 
tions of the state. At other times during the year Maplewood Park 
is the scene of horse races, base ball, polo and bicycle tournaments, 
and numerous other athletic sports and out door amusements. 

Bangor hSs an admirable police force with a chief and about 30 
patrolmen, and law and order is as well preserved as in any city of 
its size. 



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The city has nineteen religious organizations and 
Churches numerous denominations are represented. Of those 
in the city proper there are four Congregational, 
two Baptist, one Free Baptist, two Methodist, one Episcopal, two 
Roman Catholic, one Universalist, one Unitarian, one Advent, one 
Jewish synagogue, one Christian, and one Christian Science, while 
there are several in the suburbs. The First Congregational Society 
is the oldest in the city and its church has a commanding location 
on Broadway. The newest church is the handsome stone church 
built by the Central Congregational Society on French Street. A 
church much visited by visitors to the city is the St. John's Roman 




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Catholic on York Street, the interior decorations of which are 
highly artistic. Parochial schools for boys are maintained by both 
the Catholic churches. This city is the home of the Bangor 
Theological Seminary, and its buildings occupy a commanding site 
between Hammond and Union Streets. The Y. M. C. A. is a flour- 
ishing organization and has an elegant home of its own at the 
corner of Court and Hammond Streets. The Bangor churches have 
in recent years undergone many improvements and are all com- 
fortable and commodious, while many of them are of handsome 
architecture. 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 25 

Bangor's schools have always ranked high and no 
Schools c ^y °^ * ts s * ze ' s b e *t er supplied in this regard. In 
recent years numerous new and handsome school 
buildings have been erected and the buildings are architecturally 
of a high order, while special care is taken for the health and com- 
fort of the pupils. The Palm Street Grammar School building 
erected some years since at a cost of $75,000 is the best school 
building in the city. Among the newest in construction are the 
school houses on First Street and Elm Street. The Pine Street 
School House has been thoroughly remodeled and very extensive 
alterations have been made at the High School in Abbot Square. 
A new school house is the present season being built on Centre 
Street in the vicinity of Montgomery. The number of school build- 
ings is 30 ; the number of teachers is 121 ; and the enrollment of 
pupils is 3,306 in the public schools, and in parochial and private 
schools 738. 

The city has a great number of 
Social and Charitable. fraternal organizations and gen- 
erally these are very nourishing. 
The Masons have a handsome and commodious home of their own 
and the Odd Fellows are soon to move into new and spacious quar- 
ters in the new block which President Graham of the Bangor 
Railway and Electric Company is now building on Central Street. 
Practically all of the leading fraternal organizations are repre- 
sented here, and many of them have handsome quarters of their 
own. In the line of social organizations the Tarratine Club is 
now building on Park Street an elegant club home and soon they 
will move there from their present quarters on Main Street. The 
Madocawando, Masonic, and Melita and other social organizations 
have commodious club quarters. The Niben Club has on the shore 
of Pushaw Lake a delightful club home which is a popular ren- 
dezvous both during the summer and winter. The Conduskeag 
Canoe and Country Club has a handsome club house on the river 
bank at Hampden. The Meadow Brook Golf Club has excellent 
grounds about three miles from the city and here has been erected 
a commodious and attractive club headquarters. There are many 
organizations among the ladies, and prominent among these are 
the Athene, Norombega, and the Nineteenth Century clubs. 

The City Farm is a model in equipment and management, and 
prominent among the other institutions of the city are the Chil- 
dren's Home, the Home for Aged Women, the Home for Aged Men, 



26 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

the King's Daughters Home, the Deaconess' Home, and the Associ- 
ated Charities. 

The Eastern Maine General Hospital occupies an attractive loca- 
tion on State Street overlooking the Penobscot River and in the 
vicinity of the Waterworks. The institution is a nourishing one 
and well appointed, and ranks as one of Bangor's most useful 
institutions. The Eastern Maine Insane Hospital, a state institu- 
tion, is favorably located on high ground overlooking the river 
and not far distant from the waterworks. The buildings are sub- 
stantially built and modern in every detail, with capable officials 
at the head, and everything possible is done for the comfort of 
the 250 unfortunate inmates. 

Bangor has a reliable water supply 

Bangor Water Works drawn from the Penobscot River 
by the Holly System. Two miles 
above the city a great dam spans the river and here is the mam- 
moth pumping station and filter plant. The water pumps have a 
daily capacity of 8,000,000 gallons and the steam pump 5,000,000 
gallons, bringing the total daily capacity up to 13,000,000 gallons. 
The average daily consumption is between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 
gallons and the capacity of the filter plant is in excess of that 
amount. At Summit Park overlooking the city there is a monster 
stand pipe surmounted by an observatory and the capacity of this 
reservoir is 1,654,000 gallons. The city has 46 miles of water 
mains and 241 hydrants, affording excellent fire protection. 

Electric commercial lighting 

Electric Light and Power. and P ower for manufacturing 
purposes is supplied by the 
Bangor Railway & Electric Company from their great power station 
at Veazie. The water wheels have a capacity of 2,100 H. P., and 
the auxiliary steam plant includes engines of 1,800 H. P. and 
boilers of 1,400 H. P. The electric generating apparatus has a 
capacity of 2,000 Kilowats aggregating 2,700 H. P. The Bangor 
Railway & Electric Company now has in Bangor and vicinity 
37,900 lights, the record of an excess of one light to each unit of 
population being an unusual one. For manufacturing purposes 
576 H. P. are now furnished to 140 users, the motors ranging from 
i H. P. to 30 H. P. The Bangor Railway & Electric Company now 
has a large surplus available for manufacturing purposes, and as 
this power is supplied at very reasonable prices there is abundant 
opportunity for Bangor's industries to multiply and expand. 



Superior Transportation Facilities. 

BANGOR has been a pioneer in transportation matters and her 
citizens built in 1835 the first steam freight and passenger 
railroad in Maine, and one of the earliest in the country. 
This railroad ran from Bangor to Oldtown, and later was extended 
to Milford, and continued in active and successful operation until 
the advent of the European and North American Railway, now the 
Vanceboro division of the Maine Central Railroad. 

Stretching across the state from 
Maine Central Railroad. Portland to Bangor and with 
branches reaching out in varying 
directions the Maine Central Railroad covers a large portion of 
Maine, its lines penetrating fifteen of the sixteen counties. This 
network of railroad lines gives Bangor admirable shipping facilities 
and the volume of freight traffic has attained immense proportions. 

As indicative of the magnitude of Bangor's railroad business it 
is interesting to note that there are 84 regular trains in and out of 
the city daily over Maine Central rails, 62 of these passenger trains 
and 22 freight, besides numerous specials. Of the regular passen- 
ger trains 14 are on the west and 48 on the east, and of the regu- 
lar freight trains 10 are west and 12 east. The city is the home 
berth for many of the road's locomotives, and in the vicinity 
of thirty take their Sunday rest in the big round house near High 
Head. As indicative of the volume of the freight traffic the Maine 
Central Railroad brought to Bangor during the last railroad year 
205,221 tons of freight and during the same period 357,823 tons 
were forwarded from Bangor, making a total of 563,044 tons. 

The improvements recently made and now underway in Bangor 
are on a vast scale. The old passenger station in the Western 
yard is to be abandoned, and the passenger business is to be con- 
centrated at the foot of Exchange Street, where the largest railroad 
station in Maine and one of the finest in New England is now 
being erected. Other recent improvements in this vicinity include 
the building of a new double track steel bridge across the mouth of 
the Kenduskeag and the construction of a new freight station 500 
feet long by 30 feet wide in the Western yard. 

The plans for the new railway passenger station have been 
designed by Henry B. Fletcher, of Melrose, Mass., architect for the 
Boston & Maine Railroad. The new station is 194 feet in length 



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and 82 feet 8 inches in width. The edifice is of French buff 
brick with red Long Meadow brownstone trimmings and base. 
Directly in the middle of the Exchange Street extension rises a 
tower 119 feet to the base of the finial, and the height of the finial 
will be 11 feet, giving the tower a height over all of 130 feet. 
The main entrance of the station will be through a porte cochere 22 
feet wide and 24 feet deep. The porte cochere will have entrances 
on the sides as well as the front, 10 feet being alloted for the side- 
walk and 12 feet for the carriage driveway. Entering from the 
porte cochere and the tower entrance one passes into a large ves- 




THE NEW RAILWAY PASSENGER STA' 



tibule, and this, like all the rooms on the ground floor will be 
marble tiled. On the right is the women's retiring room, off from 
which is the women's toilet room. To the left of the vestibule 
entrance is the spacious ticket office and agent's office. Continu- 
ing through the vestibule entrance one passes into the general 
waiting room which is about 88 by 44 feet. Off from the general 
waiting room is a smoking room 31 feet by 25 feet, and adjacent is 
a toilet room for men. The dining room 61 feet by 43 feet is at the 
right of the vestibule as one enters from the general waiting room. 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 29 

Adjacent to the dining room, and in the northwest corner 
of the building is the serving room, 21 feet by 17 feet with asbes- 
tolith floor and an elaborate culinary department. Farther to the 
westward, near the Kenduskeag river, is the kitchen and storehouse 
building adjoining. Between the dining room and the general 
waiting room will be the parcel room and telegraph office. 

On the second floor of the station building to the east of the 
entrance, will be the offices of the Superintendent and Train 
Dispatcher, and the other rooms to the west will be devoted to the 
roadmaster, trainmen, conductors, wharfinger and engineers. In 
the tower itself there will be four floors. The general waiting 
room on the ground floor will have a panel ceiling and will be 16i 
feet high. The building throughout will be lighted with electricity, 
heated by steam and equipped with all modern conveniences. 

From the general waiting room one will pass to the train shed 
which is to be a mammoth structure extending nearly to the Ken- 
duskeag River on the west and reaching out on the east side well 
towards the long highway bridge spanning the Penobscot. This 
mammoth structure will be 500 feet long by 111 feet wide and will 
be of steel and metal with glass roof. In this great train-shed there 
will be eight tracks, three of these through tracks and five ter- 
minal tracks. The terminal tracks will end in a concrete platform 
25 feet wide extending along the east of the building. To the 
east of the new station will be the mail, express and baggage 
departments. These will be in a building 260 feet by 30 feet in 
size, one story in height and constructed of buff brick to conform 
with the passenger station, and further to the eastward will be the 
power plant. 

The Bangor and 

The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. Aroostook Rail- 
road has been a 
wonderful factor in opening up and developing Northern Maine- 
The main line into Aroostook County was commenced in 1893, 
and the Bangor & Piscataquis Railroad was acquired by lease and 
later by purchase. Many and important extensions have been 
made, there being branches to Katahdin Iron Works, Patten, Fort 
Fairfield, Limestone, Van Buren, Ashland and Fort Kent, the new- 
est additions being the Seaport division from So. Lagrange to 
Stockton and Searsport and the Schoodic Stream line, now build- 
ing, from Millinocket to Burnt Land Rips, where the Great Northern 
Paper Company are building a new industrial city. From small 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 31 

beginnings the Bangor & Aroostook has expanded into a giant 
system with its arms of steel reaching out in all directions through- 
out Maine's wonderful northland. Already the mileage in opera- 
tion approaches closely 500 miles and other and important exten- 
sions are anticipated in the future. The rich agricultural lands of 
North Penobscot, the fertile valley of the Piscataquis and the 
matchless Aroostook country ; the countless mills and factories and 
manufacturing plants that have sprung up in the expansive terri- 
tory to the northward ; the hotels, resorts and sporting camps that 
abound and are steadily multiplying by the lakes, among the 
mountains and in the forest depths ; the wealth of fish and game 
never more abundant in that wonderful realm than now; and 
these together with other resources of earth, air and water too 
numerous to mention, have all been opened up and made accessible 
by the B. & A., which is the direct route to the famous agricultural, 
industrial, health and recreation sections of Northern Maine. 

Conspicuous among the recent improvements inaugurated by the 
B. & A. R. R. has been the transformation wrought at Milo Junc- 
tion where new railroad car and repair shops have been erected, 
the old location at Hartwell being abandoned. The new plant is 
of immense size, the second largest in New England and only sur- 
passed by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad at Read- 
ville, Mass., and with which the Maine plant is said in many 
respects to correspond. The great plant at Milo Junction now 
completed and in successful operation comprises six monster build- 
ings besides the transfer stands and the locomotive turntable. In 
the construction of the walls of these great buildings 3,000,000 
brick have been used, while the interior finish has used up in 
excess of a million feet of lumber. These great car shops and 
repair works are expected to give steady employment to about 400 
workmen, and to provide homes for these people the Bangor & 
Aroostook Railroad has constructed considerably in excess of a 
half hundred model dwellings and a forty-nine room hotel or 
boarding house, while other improvements contemplated include a 
casino and school house. 

The Northern Maine Seaport line, recently constructed and now 
a part of the Bangor & Aroostook system, is 53^ miles in length 
and reaches from So. Lagrange to Stockton and Searsport. At Mack's 
Point a pier 500 feet in length and 40 feet in width has been 
constructed and also a big coal handling plant for railroad and 
commercial purposes. At Kidder's Point a dock for steamship pas- 
sengers has been constructed, the wharf reaching out 800 feet into 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 33 

the bay and 150 feet wide. At Cape Jellison three big piers have 
been constructed for the shipment of freight. One of these is 
1,600 feet long, 600 feet of it being 80 feet wide and 1,000 feet of 
it being 200 feet in width. The other piers are 1,750 and 1,100 
feet respectively. Pier No. 1, along the shore, is primarily for the 
shipment of lumber, and the one now building is intended for the 
shipping of potatoes. A big potato storage warehouse 600x125 feet 
is now nearing completion. In the vicinity of Kidder's Dock a big 
brick power house is being built to supply electric light and power. 
Midway between Kidder's Point and Mack's Point is Penobscot 
Park, already a popular seaside resort, and directly opposite is Sears 
Island which at low water is connected with the main land by a bar. 

The freight traffic statistics of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad 
show that for the last railroad year there have been transported 
2,281,680,962 pounds of freight, an increase of 251,344,474 pounds 
over the record of the previous year. The shipments of potatoes 
over the B. & A. of last season's crop aggregated 7,724,952 bushels, 
1,030,881 bushels greater than the previous year and eclipsing all 
previous records. 

Shipments of big game over the B. & A. during the season of 
1905 aggregated 4,659 deer, 207 moose, and 38 bear. 

The general offices of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company 
are in the Morse-Oliver Building in this city where a staff of 85 
employes occupy spacious and commodious quarters. 

Bangor is brought into 
Washington County Railway. direct communication with 

the important County of 
Washington through the medium of the Washington County Rail- 
way which leaves the Mt. Desert branch of the Maine Central at 
Washington Junction, and proceeding east, skirts the coast, taking 
in a large number of flourishing towns, with branches to Eastport 
and Princeton, and with its eastern terminus at Calais. The route 
affords fine coast scenery and unequaled fishing and hunting, and 
two passenger trains are run daily each way with Pullman buffet 
cars. The Sunrise Route, as it is called, was opened in 1898 and a 
large freight and passenger business has been developed. At 
Sprague's Falls on the St. Croix immense pulp and paper mills are 

nearing completion. 

Though crossing the state 36 

Canadian Pacific Railway. miles t0 the north of Bangor, 

the Canadian Pacific Railway, 

through its connections with the Bangor & Aroostook system, has 



34 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

given the city excellent opportunity for shipping goods to all points 
west. The road crosses the Katahdin Iron Works line at Brown- 
ville Junction and also connects with the Piscataquis division at 
Greenville Junction. It is now possible to seek markets for goods 
of local manufacture in the important cities along the great lakes, 
and in fact through to points in the west and northwest. The 
Canadian Pacific also, through its connection with the Maine Cen- 
tral Railroad, brings Bangor into immediate communication with 

the Maritime Provinces. 

Direct steamship commu- 

Eastern Steamship Company, nication with Boston has 

been an important factor in 
Bangor's development. The historic Boston & Bangor Steamship 




EASTKRN S. S. COMPANY'S TERMINALS FROM WATER FRONT 

Company which commenced regular travel between Boston and 
landings on the Penobscot in 1824, has been succeeded by the East- 
ern Steamship Company, which now controls a large fleet of 
steamships not only in New England but in Southern waters as 
well. The fine steamships of the Bangor Division touch at Hamp- 
den, Winterport and Bucksport on the river, and Searsport, Belfast, 
Camden and Rockland on Penobscot Bay, a daily line prevailing 
throughout the open season between Bangor and Boston. The sail 
on river, bay and ocean is delightful and the palatial steamships 
afford superb accommodations. 

The enterprising management of the Eastern Steamship Com- 
pany has erected recently, new and handsome terminals in Bangor. 



36 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

The buildings were designed by Wilfred E. Mansur, the Bangor 
architect, and have been erected under the charge of James F. 
Spellman of this city, as contractor. The buildings have a front- 
age of 311 feet on the river and extend back from the wharf about 
150 feet. The passenger slip is 30 feet wide and 50 feet long and 
with a height of 32 feet in the centre. The office building is 
50x71; the ticket office, 18x19; agent's office, 16x19; women's 
waiting room, 18x19; men's waiting room, 17x19; freight office, 
12x19 ; and parcel room, 8x19, and three toilet rooms. There are 
two freight sheds 50x100, another freight shed 50x105, and a store- 
house 55x100 ft. with a stable in one end. The offices and waiting 
rooms have been fitted up elaborately and very attractively and 
the space between the buildings has been paved, thereby greatly 
enhancing the appearance of the environments. 

Bangor is favored with an elab- 

Electric Street Railways. orate street railwa y s y stem - mod " 

ern in its equipment and under 
enterprising and progressive management. The electric street 
railways of Bangor and its environs comprise sixty miles all owned 
and operated by the Bangor Railway & Electric Company and 
radiating in all directions. Elsewhere in these pages under the 
title of " Bangor's Trolley Rides " will be found a detailed descrip- 
tion of the numerous and attractive routes. As indicative of the 
magnitude of the trolley travel it is interesting to note that during 
the railroad year ending June 30, 1906, the Bangor Railway & 
Electric Company transported 4,114,715 paying passengers and 
the cars traveled a total mileage of 990,000 miles. 

The City's Business Life. 

BANGOR is an important trade centre and her retail and whole- 
sale establishments will compare favorably with those of any 
New England city. The retail stores are metropolitan in their 
appointments and supply everything the most exacting may 
require. Because of its central location the city is a distributing 
point for a territory of vast area and here are to be found many 
extensive mercantile wholesale establishments, comprising groceries, 
flour and grain, dry and fancy goods, boots and shoes, etc., etc. 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 



37 



The manufacturing establishments are numer- 
Manuf actures. ous ' embracin g a vei T lar S e number of different 
kinds of industries and employing several 
thousand hands. These figures fail, however, to correctly portray 
the city's manufacturing interests, as many of the most important 
establishments, including all the saw mills but one, are outside the 
city limits. 

Among the industries of this region the manufacture of lumber 
still holds a foremost place, although in recent years the pulp and 
paper industry has made giant strides. While in the years that 




IW ON THK PENOBSCOT 



have passed lumber manufacturing has been the predominating 
industry, and while the utilization of our vast timber wealth will 
always be a leading factor in the industrial life of this region, yet 
it is in the realm of diversified manufacturing that we must in the 
future look for the fruition of our brightest hopes. 

Diversified manufactures have in recent years been multiplying, 
and many and varied, at present, are the products of these estab- 
lishments. Among them may be mentioned the following: Boots, 
shoes, moccasins, etc., bakeries and confectionery ; men's and boys' 
clothing; ladies' underwear and wrappers ; dyehouses and laundries ; 



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Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 



wool carding ; bricks, cigars, barrel and cooperage ; boxes and box 
shooks, brush handles and backs ; doors, sash and blinds ; batteaux, 
canvas canoes, etc., carriages, sleighs, etc., gristmill products, soda 
and mineral waters, proprietary medicines, soaps, tallow, candles, 
etc. ; fertilizer and bone products ; pottery and stoneware goods, 
granite and marble working, roofing slate, stoves and hollowware ; 
trunks, harnesses, etc. ; printing, bookbinding, etc. ; steam engines, 




SHOE FACTORY A N I 



mill machinery, etc.; steam boilers and plate iron works, tinware and 
sheetiron work, galvanized cornices and conductors, leather and tan- 
nery products, plumbing and steamheating, wool, hides, furs, etc.; 
long and short lumber, moulding and planing mill products, wood- 
working and novelty turning, electric clocks, torpedoes, extension 
ladders, paper boxes, lumbermen's driving tools, saws and edge tools, 
spoolwood, last blocks and excelsior, shiptimber, knees, spars, tele- 
graph poles, cedar posts, butter, cream, spring beds, furniture, etc. 



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Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 



Bangor's financial institutions are 

Financial Institutions. amon S the foremost in the state and 
have been a potential factor in the 
city's advancement. There are four national banks, the First, the 
Second, the Merchants and the Veazie ; there are three trust com- 
panies, the Eastern, the Merrill, and the Kenduskeag, the latter 
succeeding to the business of the Kenduskeag National Bank. 
There are also two savings banks, the Bangor and the Penobscot, 




BASS BLOCK 



and a private bank. Bangor's banks are sound and generally 
housed in handsome quarters of their own. The Merrill Trust 
Company is now building at a central location on Kenduskeag 
Bridge one of the finest bank blocks in New England. There are 
also two flourishing loan and building associations, the Bangor and 
the Penobscot, and there are two successful marine insurance 
companies, the Merchants and the Union. 



Bangor's Summer Attractions. 

WHILE Bangor is a delightful place of residence throughout 
the year, and while the winter months to many have a 
unique charm, yet it is in the open season, when all nature 
is at its loveliest, that Bangor is seen to the best advantage. Few 
cities can equal, and none surpass the summer attractions of this 
fair city. 

Located as the city is on the west bank of the imperial Penob- 
scot, at its junction with the less pretentious Kenduskeag, the 




LOVERS' LEAP 

business is largely in the valley, while the surrounding heights 
afford picturesque sites for residences. The diversified aspect is 
heightened by the wealth of trees along the residential streets, 
and few localities are to be found with greater scenic attractions. 
From the high lands overlooking the city the view is particularly 



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Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 



fine, the mountains which fill the eastern horizon making a fitting 
background to the picture. The Kenduskeag has through most of 
its course very precipitous banks, a notable illustration being the 




THE city parks 



historic Lovers' Leap a mile above the city, and along this pic- 
turesque stream are innumerable gems of scenic beauty. 



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Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 



Bangor takes just pride in her parks, and 
The CitV Parks rri ese are among the most attractive fea- 
tures of the city. The largest of these, 
Broadway Park, has in recent years been extensively improved 




YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 
and beautified, under the supervision of a notable landscape archi- 
tect from Boston. Chapin Park, named in honor of an ex-mayor 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 



47 



who donated a handsome fountain to the city, is a very attractive 
place and is in the immediate vicinity of the handsome Palm 
Street School House, and is especially appreciated by the pupils 
there. Centre Park occupies a conspicuous position in the business 
portion, facing on East Market Square and is a triangular piece of 
sloping ground, especially attractive because of the fine growth of 
shade trees there. Davenport is a small but very handsome park 
on Main St., and Union Park is directly in the rear of that famous 
hostelry, the Bangor House. One of the newest parks in the city 
is Summit Park on high ground overlooking the city, and here is 
located the observatory that surmounts Bangor's big standpipe. 




NIl'.KN CLUBHOUSE 



This city has long been famous for the excellence of 
Hotels. * ts h ^ accommodations. The Bangor House, H. C. 
Chapman & Son proprietors, is the largest hotel in 
Maine open throughout the year and ranks among the leading 
hostelries in New England. The Penobscot Exchange, Messrs. 
Moon & Cratty proprietors, and the Windsor Hotel, Frank W. Dur- 
gin proprietor, have both undergone extensive improvements in 
recent years and are first class in their appointments. The Alpha 
is a small but comfortable hotel with a central location. The St. 
James Hotel, Chris Toole proprietor, has accommodations for many 



48 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

and he also has a new resort hotel on the shores of Pushaw Lake. 
There are numerous other smaller hotels, several of which are well 
kept and have a good reputation. Among these are the Jerrard, 
Lowder, Wilson and the Belmont. There are also some of the 
best restaurants to be found in Maine and numerous private board- 
ing houses. 

In and about Bangor are many attractive drives. The 
Drives. various points of interest may be reached by automo- 
bile, or by horse and carriage. A favorite programme 
for parties is to employ a buckboard and one or more span of 
horses. In the towns immediately contiguous to the city are 
Pushaw Lake, Eddington Pond, Chemo Pond, Holbrook's Pond, 
Field's Pond, Hines' Pond, Swett's Pond, Hermon Pond, Phillips 
Lake, Green Lake, Black Cap Mountain, Peaked Mountain and 
Saunders' Mountain while the city itself has its Lovers' Leap and 
its Highlands. The distances are as follows : 

Gould's Landing, Pushaw Lake 6* miles 

Niben Club House, " " 7 

Toole's Hotel, " " 8 

Newcomb's Landing, " " 9 

Field's Pond 6 

Swett's Pond 8 

Hines Pond 10 

Saunders' Mountain 12 

East Eddington 11 

Chemo Pond 12 

Black Cap Mountain 13 

Peaked Mountain, 17 

Hermon Pond 9 

The Penobscot River whose waters unite 
Penobscot River. w * tn those °f tne Da v of the same name, is 
a noble water highway, rising three hun- 
dred miles away amid the mountains and forests of northwestern 
Maine. In its descent to the ocean the volume of its waters is swelled 
by the East Branch, Mattawamkeag, Passadumkeag, Piscataquis and 
Kenduskeag Rivers besides countless other streams. In the 8,200 
square miles drained by the Penobscot there are 1,604 tributary 
streams indicated on the state map, and 467 lakes and ponds. It 
has been one of the traditions among the Indians that the Penob- 
scot River has 1,000 islands and it is safe to say there is at least 
one island for every day in the year. 



Bangor's Trolley Rides. 

IF one is on pleasure bent, there are intervals between objectives 
that may profitably be filled in by taking cross-country dashes 
on the trolley cars. Bangor is fortuitously situated and excel- 
lently provided with means for the enjoyment of such trips. 
Nestling as it does in the valleys formed by the confluence of the 
swiftly flowing Kenduskeag and the majestic Penobscot, one little 




POWER STATION ON THK PENOBSCOT AT VEAZIE 



dreams of the wealth of upland country surrounding the city for 
many miles. In order to view these green clad uplands to the best 
advantage one must board an electric car, and be rapidly carried 
into their midst. Let us participate in one of these electric flights. 



50 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

Boarding one of the splendidly 
Northward to Old Town, equipped cars bound North for 
Old Town we are soon threading 
our way through the business section of Bangor ; this passed and 
the stately residences of the East Side are left behind in a quarter 
of an hour. We are now approaching the open country, but must 
first pass the Eastern Maine Hospital on the right. From the top 
of the hill on which the Hospital is located, one obtains an excel- 
lent view of the Water Works and Dam. It is below this dam that 
is located the famous Bangor Salmon Pool. Here, pausing to take 
breath before he breasts the swift water in front of him, rests the 
kingly game fish and his wife, on their way to the spawning beds 
at the headwaters of the river. 

Down the hill we swiftly glide, passing the Water Works on the 
right, and then may be seen the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital 
crowning the hill on the left. This immense building, dedicated 
by the people of the state to the care and treatment of the unfor- 
tunate is capable of housing two hundred and fifty patients. Still 
proceeding, we skirt the shore of the river, here approaching a lake 
in extent owing to the impounding of the waters by the dam below. 
Sweeping up from the shore of this reach lies Mount Hope Ceme- 
tery, the Protestant " City of the Dead," where inviting drives and 
walks render pleasant to the living, this last resting place of many 
of Bangor's former citizens. 

Leaving the river we plunge onward through the fields and 
farms of Veazie arriving at that town in half an hour from our 
starting point. Here is situated the power house of the Bangor 
Railway & Electric Co., whose " purring dynamos " to be Kipling- 
esque, supply the power that drives all the electric cars in Bangor 
and vicinity, the electric lights, and many of the wheels of indus- 
try in Bangor and Old Town. Here is generated and distributed, 
to perform its multifarious functions, about two thousand horse 
power. The power station is well worth a visit from those inter- 
ested in such matters, as it is one of the first if not indeed the first 
example of the harnessing a water power and transmitting it elec- 
trically to a distant mart. This feat was remarkable in its day, 
almost two decades ago, but now eclipsed by many modern instances 
of the remarkable development of electrical transmission. 

Leaving the switch on Veazie Hill, one may turn about in his 
seat and view the magnificent panorama spread before him. From 
this point may be seen not only the nearby scenes, but many miles 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 



51 



away to the East and South rise the hills blue in the distance. We 
are at this point about one hundred and fifty feet above the river. 
Rushing up hill and down dale we are soon in Orono. This charm- 
ing town is noted for its manufacture of lumber and paper, and 
also from the fact that within its limits is located the University 
of Maine. The University buildings are to be seen on both sides 
of the track. A large body of students are upon its rolls and with 
a very able corps of instructors aided by fine equipment, it makes 
a useful and popular source of education. 

Again we enter upon rural scenes and still ascending gain the 
top of Academy Hill. From this point a good view may be obtained 



NEW CONCRETE CAR STABLE 



of the busy city of Old Town. The manufacture of woolen cloths, 
lumber, paper and canoes make of Old Town a typical manufactur- 
ing city. Dropping down from Academy Hill we are in the heart 
of the city, one hour in time and fourteen miles in distance by 
trolley. In the river at this point lies Indian Island whereon dwell 
the remainder of the Penobscot Indians. Their neat houses and 
schools form a fitting tribute to their civilization. At the Indian 
Store may be secured many articles of their handicraft, as sou- 
venirs. In an hour we are again in Bangor. 



52 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

Boarding a car in West 

South to Historic Hampden. Market S( l uare marked Hamp- 
den, or taking it at any point 
on Main Street designated as a stopping place, we will take a trip 
in a Southerly or "downriver" direction. Travelling in this 
direction we are soon out of the city and into the region of saw- 
mills. These mills are worthy of a visit, for the ordinary mortal 
has no adequate conception of the rapidity with which logs are 
turned into lumber. The Hampden line of cars follows the river 
closely and many changing views of great beauty are to be 
obtained. This is also a hilly country and a summer ride is very 
exhilarating. 

Crossing the Sowadabscook Stream we are at Hampden Upper 
Corner and enter a locality of historic interest. On the right will 
be seen the old Brick Store, the shot marks on its walls attesting 
the fact that warlike scenes have been not unknown. Here was 
fought or rather took place the " Battle of Hampden," one of the 
few land encounters of the War of 1812. At the long wharf run- 
ning out into the main river lay the sloop of war Adams, whither 
she had come for repairs. Word was received that the British 
were ascending the river and the Adams, being in unseaworthy 
condition was set on fire and sunk. Her guns were placed upon an 
elevation near the wharf and overlooking the river. This hastily 
constructed redoubt was manned by the crew of the vessel and 
they were supported by the Bangor and Hampden militia placed on 
the main road. The British, however, came up the highway from 
below, and seeing that they were outnumbered the militia remem- 
bered that their ploughing was not yet done and fled. The crew 
of the Adams finding their support lacking, spiked their guns and 
retreated to Bangor by the shortest route. The bones of the old 
ship still lie in the bed of the river, and at extreme low tides the 
relic hunter may obtain pieces of her old oak frames and an occa- 
sional solid shot. 

The Conduskeag Canoe and Country Club have recently built an 
attractive clubhouse on the site of Lieutenant Morris' battery, and 
scenes of peace and pleasure now take the place of the horrors of 
war. Hampden Academy on the left is one of the oldest institu- 
tions of learning in Eastern Maine. Leaving the car at Hampden 
Lower Corner one may walk to the river and enjoy a picturesque 
view of the river. It is upon the Hampden line that the Railway 
Company maintains Riverside Park, a summer vaudeville theatre, 



Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 



53 



for the delectation of its patrons. It is always deliciously cool at 
this point and the performances are given both afternoon and 
evening during the summer months. Forty-five minutes covering 
seven miles brings us back to Bangor. 

North, South, East and West like the spokes 

About BandOI*. °* a wheel, radiate the city lines, ten miles in 

extent, and transfers between lines render it 

possible to see the greater part of Bangor from the cars. Indeed 




THE SUB-STATION ON PARK STREET 



were one so inclined he may view the city from on high if he will 
but climb to the observatory at the top of the water standpipe at 
Summit Park. This point is best reached from the Highland line. 
The Hammond and Highland lines each pass near the Bangor 
Theological Seminary, where the youths destined to guide some of 



54 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

our spiritual lives are educated. At the end of the Highland line 
lays Mount Pleasant Cemetery where the dead of the Ror.ian Cath- 
olic belief are interred. The Hammond, Center and State St. 
lines each lead through the residence sections of the city. The 
Main St. line follows the water front, and from its cars may be 
viewed the maritime industry of the port. 

The Bangor Street Railway, which began operation in June, 
1889, is one of the first half dozen electric railroads of the United 
States. Indeed this community must always be considered as a 
pioneer in every branch of electrical development. 

One of the longer rides from Bangor 

Charleston Division. is to be taken u P on the Charleston 
Division of the Bangor Railway & 
Electric Company's lines. This ride, twenty-six miles in extent 
and two hours in time each way, will well repay one for the taking. 
Leaving West Market Square the line runs through the old portion 
of the city and thence through the mill district. Once past this 
section the cars skirt the shores of the Kenduskeag River for a few 
miles and then penetrate the finest farming territory in Penobscot 
County. Six miles from the start the line crosses that of the 
Bangor & Aroostook R. R. at North Bangor. Twelve miles out one 
enters the town of Kenduskeag. Soon after leaving Kenduskeag 
the line rises onto one of the so-called " horsebacks," and proceeds 
along this remarkable ridge of glacial drift, well raised above the 
surrounding country, which stretches away on both sides in pic- 
turesque vistas of hill and plain. Leaving the " horseback " we 
enter the town of East Corinth twenty miles from the start. 
Another six miles of increasingly hilly country brings one to 
Charleston, which is well into the mountains, and where one may 
obtain dinner at the Trustee House, and if time permits may stroll 
up to the " Observatory " from which the whole sweep of the 
country may be seen. 

SUMMARY OF INTERURBAN TROLLEY RIDES. 

Bangor-Hampden round trip, 14 miles, 1 hr. 15 min., fares 20 cts. 
Bangor-Old Town " " 30 " 2hrs. 30 min., " 30 cts. 
Bangor-Charleston " " 52 " 3hrs.40min., " $1.00 

Total, 96 miles. 7 hrs. 25 min. $1.50 

Thus may be taken nearly a hundred miles of travel at an average 
cost of but a cent and a half a mile. Where indeed can one get as 
much pleasure for a small amount of money, except on the omni- 
present " trolley ? " 



Bangor's Advantages as a Manufac- 
turing Centre. 

SITUATED near the geographical centre of the state, and at the 
head of navigation of the largest river, Bangor is a natural trade 
and business centre for a vast section of country, rich in 
natural resources and with great possibilities before it. 

The outlook for the continued 
The Outlook Promising. and ra P id g^wth of Eastern and 
Northern Maine is exceedingly 
promising. The immense capabilities and abundant natural 
resources of the section, including the five great counties of 
Penobscot, Piscataquis, Aroostook, Hancock and Washington — cov- 
ering an area of nearly 18,000 square miles — are becoming wider 
and better known, and their wants and opportunities appreciated. 
It is beginning to be realized, on the one hand by the country 
residents, that in the building of large towns and cities in their 
midst lies the best and surest prospect of creating a profitable 
market for their products and promoting wealth and prosperity ; 
and on the other hand, by capitalists and business men, at home 
and abroad, that sure profits await judicious investments in manu- 
facturing in this section. Agriculture and manufacture go side by 
side, and the successful pursuit of either is indissolubly connected 
with the other. As the railroads push their way further into the 
wilderness from year to year, new manufacturing enterprises are 
constantly springing up along their lines, and the little hamlets 
thus planted soon blossom into flourishing villages. 

Throughout this section are 
Natural Resources Abound, thousands of acres of the 
richest farming lands in New 
England, not yet under cultivation ; hundreds of square miles of 
spruce, pine, hemlock and hardwood forests as yet scarcely touched 
by the lumberman ; innumerable unoccupied water powers and mill 
privileges only waiting communication with the outer world to 
become of great value for manufacturing purposes ; immense belts 
of slate, iron, granite, lime and clays suitable for every variety of 
uses. In short, as this district becomes more fully explored and 
opened up to settlement it is found to be richer in the variety and 
abundance of its natural resources than any territory of equal 
extent in the eastern United States. 

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58 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

113 feet and there are numerous privileges and chances for a line 
of mills along both hanks, throughout nearly the whole distance. 
Within the city limits where the river enters tide water, is a valu- 
able power created by the waterworks dam, that is at present only 
utilized to drive the machinery at the pumping station and to 
supply electricity to light Bangor's streets and to illuminate City 
Hall and other municipal buildings. The falls at this point varies 
from five to twenty feet, according to the stage of the tide, with 
an average of more than ten feet when the river is at its lowest 
summer drought. The shores for some distance below the dam are 
available for mill sites, with sufficient depth of water to admit 
being reached by vessels of light draught, and the location lies 
alongside the tracks of the Maine Central Railroad. The uniformity 
in the volume of the water flowing down the Penobscot is assured 
by the extent of its tributary area, which has a length of 160 miles 
and a greatest width of 115 miles, making an area of 8,200 square 
miles, only 800 of which discharge their surplus water into the 
main river below Bangor. There are several valuable powers and 
privileges on the Kenduskeag, within the city limits, now only 
partially utilized. 

The advantages that Bangor offers for manufactures of almost 
every kind are unequalled. The important things necessary to 
make a manufacturing centre are : the productiveness of the tribu- 
tary country; the cheapness of fuel and power, and the abundance 
of raw material ; the stability of the population and the consequent 
availability of labor; low cost of living; the number of railroad 
and shipping facilities ; and the contiguity of rich markets. Ban- 
gor has all these, and more. Rents and insurance are low. 
Mechanics and laborers can make pleasant homes and procure the 
necessaries and comforts of life at as small cost at least as in any 
place of equal size in the country. Fuel is plenty and cheap, the 
refuse of saw mills furnishing an unlimited supply of wood, while 
coal is had at much lower prices than in most New England cities, 
owing to the fact that vessels carrying lumber and ice from the 
Penobscot to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other coal 
ports are enabled to take return cargoes at low rates. 

The river banks in and about the city fur- 
Sites for Mills n * sn tne k est P oss ibl e s ites for mills and 
manufactories, with unsurpassed deep-water 
wharfage privileges, and with every facility for procuring limitless 
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of railroads radiating from Bangor can furnish a large supply of 
poplar, spruce and other cheap woods, at a less cost, than can be 
obtained in other seaboard localities. The wool-growing districts 
of the state are within easy access, and the numerous vessels carry- 
ing lumber, hay, ice, brick and stone to southern ports, could bring 
back cotton at low rates. In fact, it is hardly possible to find a 
place possessing superior advantages for textile manufactures of all 
kinds, and likewise for pulp and paper manufacturing, while there 
are innumerable varieties of woodworking, ironworking and other 
industries that might flourish here as they could nowhere else. 
For almost all the countless multitudes of smaller industries the 
location cannot be excelled, owing to the low rents and insurance, 
cheap freights, small cost of water, steam or electrical power, and 
the general desirability of Bangor as a place of residence for the 
best class of mechanics. 

With several great lines of railway centering in Bangor, extend- 
ing from the four corners of the state and traversing its richest 
territory, her business men have only to show a proper amount of 
enterprise to secure and hold the trade of a larger and richer sec- 
tion of country than is tributary to any other city in New England. 
With the numerous present and prospective branch lines penetra- 
ting the immense timber forests, farming sections and quarrying 
districts of the state, whence may be drawn inexhaustible supplies 
of raw materials ; and with unlimited and unfailing water power, 
and direct and rapid communication with all the world's markets, 
Bangor should and must become a manufacturing and commercial 

city of great importance. 

Bangor's future as a man- 
Cheap Power at Tidewater. ufacturing centre is espe. 

cially bright because of the 
utilization of electric power. Cheap power at tidewater means 
much for a community, and the extensive developments of the 
great water powers in this vicinity will result in Bangor having 
some thousands of horse power available for diversified manufac- 
turing. During the past year a single company has expended on 
the Penobscot a dozen miles above Bangor a million dollars for 
electric power development and one of the great manufacturing 
plants in this vicinity is to secure 3,000 horse power from this 
source. Other developments are in contemplation, assuring a large 
volume of electric power and at very reasonable prices. Manufac- 
turers seeking an eligible location should consider Bangor's superior 
advantages before looking elsewhere. 



Bangor Board of Trade. 

THE Bangor Board of Trade comprises several hundred of Bangor's 
representative business men. This organization had its incep- 
tion in April, 1872, when was held a meeting of citizens of Bangor 




HON'. I. K. ST1.TSON, I'RKSIM.NT HOARD OF TRADK 



and Brewer to consider the subject of starting certain manufactures 
and evoking a manufacturing spirit in this locality. 



62 Bangor, Its Attractions and Advantages 

The meeting was presided over by Hon. J. S. 
Its Inception. Wheelwright, then Mayor of the city, with A. L. 
Simpson as secretary. The result of the discus- 
sion and deliberations of this meeting was the appointment of a 
committee of nine, to take the matter of organizing a Board of 
Trade and Manufactures under advisement, and to report at an 
adjourned meeting of the citizens to be held the following week. 
At the adjourned meeting the report of this committee was adopted 
and in accordance with its recommendations a committee of ten 
was raised to prepare a constitution and to take the necessary steps 
for organization. On April 15 the meeting was held according to 
adjournment, the draught of the constitution reported by the com- 
mittee was read and was accepted and adopted. 

The constitution having been thus 
Organization Perfected. ratified b Y the popular meeting of 

citizens from whom it sprung, and 
for whose benefit it was made, as well as signed by many citizens, 
in addition to the committee of ten who had been authorized to 
prepare it and organize the Board, a meeting of the signers was 
called to meet on the evening of Saturday, April 27. At this 
and several subsequent meetings a temporary organization was 
effected, which was finally made permanent on June 4 by the elec- 
tion of officers, and with President, Moses Giddings ; Treasurer, 
S. C. Hatch ; Secretary, B. F. Tefft, a code of by-laws was adopted 
and thus, with ninety-two names enrolled in its membership came 
into existence the organization of public-spirited citizens which 
later developed into the present Bangor Board of Trade. 

At the annual meeting in January, 1873, President Giddings 
declined re-election and R. S. Prescott was chosen to the office 
which he filled until 1881, when advancing years led him to tender 
his resignation. He was succeeded by Hon. Henry Lord, who 
brought to the position extended experience as a presiding officer, 
having been Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and 
President of the Maine Senate. In 1894 after serving as president 
with signal ability for thirteen years, Mr. Lord declined re-election, 
but he continues to serve as a member of the Board of Managers. 
Charles S. Pearl, who had previously shown a zealous interest in 
the organization by his efficient labors as Secretary for the decade 
of years from 1881 to 1891, was chosen Mr. Lord's successor in 
1894, and he continued to serve ably and efficiently as President 
of the Bangor Board until 1905 when he declined re-election, 



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but continues as a member of the Board of Managers. In January, 
1905, Hon. Isaiah K. Stetson, prominently identified with Bangor's 
business interests, was elected to the Presidency and still holds 
this position of honor and responsibility. The office of Treasurer 
was held continuously by Hon. S. C. Hatch up to the time of his 
death, when he was succeeded by the late Jonathan G. Clark, who 
held this responsible position from 1890 until his decease in 1902, 
his successor being Joseph G. Blake, the present incumbent. The 
Secretaryship has been held successively by B. F. Tefft, Henry 




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Lord, J. D. Warren, C. S. Pearl and E. M. Blanding, the latter assum- 
ing the duties of that office in 1891. 

It was decided in 1876 to change the form of the organization to 
a corporation and in its corporative capacity to be known as the 
Bangor Board of Trade, subject to the statute laws of the state as 
other incorporations, and the necessary charter from the Legisla- 
ture was procured in 1878. At the annual meeting in 1879 the 
constitution and by-laws were revised in accordance with the 
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1891 the constitution was still further revised and regular annual 
dues of $3.00 fixed upon. 

The Bangor Board of Trade, 
A Career of Usefulness. which now "umbers several hun- 
dred members, has done much as 
an organization of citizens to promote the material prosperity and 
business growth of the city, to enlarge the field of its trade, and 
enhance its general welfare. To this organization is due much of 
that harmony and vigor of action which characterize the business 
community of Bangor when any question of public improvement or 
local advantage is under consideration. Through its discussions, 
debates and published reports it has drawn attention to measures 
affecting the welfare of the city, shown up its manufacturing 
resources and promising channels for the cultivation and develop- 
ment of local trade and commerce, and promoted local interests in 
all directions ; it has influenced legislation, municipal, state and 
national, and has disseminated useful and valuable information 
concerning the city, its trade and general business, its social, edu- 
cational, sanitary and other advantages. 

When Bangor's new City Hall was 
Rooms at City Hall. erected elegant quarters were arranged 
for on the ground floor and the same 
were fitted up by the Bangor Board of Trade in a sumptuous man- 
ner. Here are held the regular monthly meetings of the Bangor 
Board and the rooms are open during business hours daily, Sundays 
excepted. Visitors to our city are cordially welcome at the Board 
of Trade Rooms, and members who have friends here from away, 
are urged to bring them to the rooms. The reading room depart- 
ment of the Bangor Board of Trade is equal to anything in Maine 
to-day and its privileges are free to all members and their friends 
from away at all times. The Bangor Board of Trade holds its 
regular monthly meetings on the last Monday of each month and 
the annual meeting on the second Monday in January. 

The Bangor Board of Trade wel- 
New Industries Invited, comes the advent of new industries 
and the expansion of existing 
plants. Manufacturers desirous of locating in a promising field are 
cordially invited to investigate Bangor's exceptional advantages, 
and the Committee on New Industries will gladly furnish all desired 
information. Inquiries addressed to the Bangor Board of Trade 
will receive prompt attention. 



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